Being Flexible is Fun!!!

There are some moments that are just ridiculously priceless. We never would have thought them up or tried to fabricate them but they turn out to be one of the best experiences. That was last week at school. Grant, Addy, Tim and I were suppose to serve lunch. No big deal; we've helped with it before. How hard can it be to serve it ourselves. Well, it turns out that when both doors are locked and all the school staff are in a meeting, it's pretty difficult. Not really sure of what to do, we stood around somewhat awkwardly for a while until one of us, it was either Tim or myself, started dancing. Within seconds, we had a huge circle of kids, just shimmying this way and then changing directions. Somewhere in the midst of the revolution of our giant circle, someone would lose the grip of another's hand and the whole thing would be thrown off course, which is, of course, hilarious. It looked like an African square dance gone wrong. . .or a Jewish hoe-down that wasn't quite kosher. But it was so much fun. To see the look of ectasy on the kids faces as they whirled around in circles with the 4 crazy mzungus made my heart leap. For so many children here, their childhood is cut short, or squeezed in. Childhood is so precious. In America, where we have the ability to protect their childhood we force them to grow up so quickly. Where their innocence can be kept, we strip it away. Jesus said to let the little children come unto Him and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Never look down on a child. They are precious in the sight of God. I guess I should be really thankful that Christ said that unless one becomes like a child they will never enter the kingdom of God. I felt like a little kid that day; but you know what? That's alright. It felt good. It's like I've been saying all along, it's no virtue to be so self-conscious that you can't laugh at yourself. I laughed at myself that day, and I laugh at the memory. Who knows, maybe it'll be one of the memories the kids remember and laugh at too.